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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.LINDA GABRIEL" <ibrud46@gmail.com>
Reply-To: peterg395@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:51:22 -0800
Subject: HELLO PLEASE REPLY ME.

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My Beloved.

Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ. i am Mrs Linda Gabriel
from Bahrain, a widow to late Gabriel.i am 65 years old,and a converted
born

again Christian,suffering from long time cancer of the breast, from all
indication my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious
that

i might not live more than 2 months, according to my doctor because the
cancer has gotten to a very worst / dangerous stage.

My late husband and my only child died last five years ago, his death was
politically motivated. My late husband was a very rich and wealthy business

man who was running his palm oil plantation business in Malaysia. After his
death, i inherited all his business and wealth. my doctors has advised me

that i may not live for more than 2 months, so i now decided to divide the
part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of the church in

America, Asia, and Europe. i collected your email address during my
desperate search on the internet and i prayed over it.

i decided to donate the sum of $3,600.00 usd( Three million Six hundred
thousand united states dollars) to the less privileged because i cannot
take

this money to the grave. Please i want you to note that this fund is lodged
in a bank in USA.

Once i hear from you, i will forward to you all the information's you will
use to get this fund released from the bank and to be transferred to you.i

honestly pray that this money when transferred to you, will be sure for the
said purpose, because i have come to find out that wealth acquisition

without Christ is vanity. may the grace of our lord Jesus the love of God
and the fellowship of God be with you and your family.

Reply me on my private email address: peterg395@gmail.com

Thanks and God bless you.
Your beloved sister in Christ.
Mrs.linda Gabriel

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